Yield effects of genetically modified crops in developing countries

Science

Volumn 299, Issue 5608, 2003, Pages 900-902

  Qaim, Matin ^a,b   Zilberman, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CROPS; PEST CONTROL;

GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

COTTON; CROP; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; PEST CONTROL; PEST RESISTANCE;

AGRICULTURE; AGROECOSYSTEM; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; COTTON; CROP PROTECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY; GENETIC PEST CONTROL; GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROP; HARVEST; INDIA; INSECT RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENDOTOXINS; GOSSYPIUM; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; INDIA; INSECTICIDES; MOTHS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; INSECTA;

EID: 0037423245     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1080609     Document Type: Article

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